With NBC'sThe Voice winding down to its season closer on May 8 and Fox'sAmerican Idol gearing up for an upcoming finale (May 22 and 23), ABC is just kicking into gear with its new singing competition series Duets, premiering May 24.
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The show features four star singers --Idol season 1 winnerKelly Clarkson, Sugarland'sJennifer Nettles andR&B starsRobin Thicke(son of Alan) and John Legend, the latter who replaced Lionel Richie on April 30 (Richie cited scheduling difficulties as the reason for dropping out) -- in a countrywide search for undiscovered musical talent. The mentors ultimately will choose two singers to partner up, and in the end, one will receive a recording contract with Hollywood Records, home to Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez(and a unit of Disney, ABC's parent company).
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On Tuesday, potential viewers got their first peek at the show when host Quddus posted a series of photos from rehearsals via WhoSay. The first was of the set, which at a glance, seems to resemble Idol's motif and color palette. A second shot showed the four artists dressed down and working out what looked like a group performance (see photo). Inanother, Quddussnapped a meetingwhere the producers were explaining the scoring system.
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Singing the praises of the new series, the former TRL hosttweeted, "The best way I can describe @DuetsABC is that it's an upgrade on everything that's been working in the singing competition genre."
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